Many thanks to Simon 'Tal' Williams for the below bit of festive fun. We would have put it up on Boxing day but Neil will be running around betting shops and Joe will be leaving for Fontwell Park at 645am so you get an early Christmas Present. Happy Christmas and Enjoy!
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Inspired by the extraordinary wordsearch poems of Frank Paul (@FrankMPaul), and following the Epsom Derby poem three years ago, here’s one for the King George.
Find 13 winners of the King George VI ‘Chase in this poem (including the title). The winners could appear forwards or backwards. Ignore punctuation, line breaks and spaces (so, “vendor: man that sells” could be 1966 winner, Dormant). No letter overlaps more than one winner. Oh, and beware of some red herrings.
Merry Christmas, all
Tal
King George VI: Christmas’s Golden Man
It’s never easy to be the strongest one
Many try to lift more than the bar
But there is only one champ: who might be it?
Who will bathe fellow giants in failure this year?
The monstrous arms of the Spaniard, “El Kraken”
Hold the Hercules Pillars ‘til, alas...
Punished for his sweaty mistake, he’s gone!
Things happen; diligence miss comes to pass
This long-running competition is loved in the UK
Could Titus Mateson wear the winner’s robes?
T-Mat – England’s big hope – doesn’t lack confidence
Facing champ Ted Blythe (wicked draw) in Stones
“The man I couldn’t beat, until today” T-Mat told the press
Wiping his brow to keep cool. Dawn of a new age?
The final gangrel to beat is Iceland’s Magnus.
A master of stagecraft and wayward ladies to gauge.
A capable climber, hills conquered
So, the ‘Plane Pull for T-Mat no chore
747 drawn in
Our man gets the win
“Now I’m off for a Pernod or four!”
